COMPARISON STUDY OF ENERGY EXPENDITURE CALCULATION BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL METHOD AND IRETON-JONES METHOD FOR CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT

Background: The critically ill patients are having nutrition problems in dealing with the critical condition. The problem of nutrition is demanding on the severity of illness. Therefore, the ICU nurses should understand how nutrition can support the patients’ recovery. Objective: This study’s aim was to compare the result of energy expenditure calculation of conventional method with Ireton-Jones method for critically ill patients in the...